E-healthinterventies en verbetering van therapietrouw

• Poor adherence to medication is one of the most important determinants in the treatment of patients with chronic disorders.
• e-Health-based interventions may be able to improve treatment adherence.
• This article gives an overview of the available e-Health interventions and the extent to which they can improve adherence.
• We searched in the PubMed, Cinahl, PsycInfo, and Embase databases for e-Health interventions that aimed at improving adherence to treatment.
• Of the 16 included studies, 15 used a website and one used an app.
• Ten studies showed a significant improvement in treatment adherence by using the intervention.
• e-Health interventions were generally complex.
• Simple interventions were the most successful in improving treatment adherence.

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